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    turning cattle onto ryegrass

    I'm getting ready to turn cows onto ryegrass. It's about 6 inches tall and is growning rapidly. They should be able to stay on the ryegrass for about a month. I just purchased some free choice mineral supplement for them. Is there anything else I should do? Should I feed some hay as well?
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    Organic Fertilizer

    I have been having sludge spread on pasture and hay land for free for several years, as had a neighbor of mine. It is spread as a wet solid(not pellitized). They spread about 8 or 10 acres a year and will go over the same ground about every 6 years. The company tests for lime and spreads it...
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    Caps for Wood Post

    I agree with the last three posts. I have never seen a fence post fail from the portion that is above the ground. They always rot below ground level. Covering, treating etc a post at the top is a waste of time & money.
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    pine lot into pasture

    2 years ago, I cut down a 3 acre strip of 10 to 20 foot tall pines between pasture and woods that was fenced in. I left the trees where they fell and left the stumps about 2 feet high. My idea is to gradually turn it into pasture. The needles and small limbs have fallen off and the trunks are...
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    It's Raining!!!!! How much pasture/hay?

    Piedmont NC: We are getting the best rain since March. I had 50 units per acre of ammonium nitrate put out last week on 35 acres of fescue pasture that had been eaten down close to the ground. This late in the year, how much eating will 25 brood cows get out of it this winter? (In another...
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